IMPLEMENTATION OF ISPS CODE IN GRENADA

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IMPLEMENTATION OF ISPS CODE IN GRENADA

• Inter-American Committee on Ports Third
  Hemispheric Conference on Port Security
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• 7 - 10 April, 2008

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The Grenada Ports Authority is responsible for
commercial ports and state owned terminals in the
state of GrenadaThe Grenada Ports Authority is
statuary body owned by the Government of Grenada
Grenada Ports Authority
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Grenadas Ports Statistics 2006
Cruise Ship Calls 268 Cruise Ship Passengers
226,540 Cargo Vessels Calls 1119 ( but
several below SOLAS class) Tankers Calls 114
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ISPS Ports

• Grenada has two ISPS ports
• St. Georges Port and Tyrrel Bay in Carriacou
• Tyrrel Bay is a port for tankers only with a
  private terminal.

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ISPS Terminals

• The St. Georges Port has 5 ISPS terminals
• Carenage - Cargo and Cruise Terminal (state
  owned)
• Melville St. Cruise Terminal (state owned)
• GRENLEC Tanker Terminal (private owned)
• Chevron - Tanker Terminal (private owned)
• SOL - Tanker Terminal (private owned)

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Terminals inSt. GeorgesPort
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National Institutions Responsible for
Implementation of ISPS in Grenada
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Grenada Ports Authority

• The Grenada Ports Authority is responsible for
  regulation of Ports, Maritime Administration and
  management of state owned terminals.

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Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF)
The Royal Grenada Police Force is responsible for
security in Grenada The following departments
are part the RGPF - Immigration - Coast
Guard - Fire Service - SSU - Port Police
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Designated Authority

• In Grenada the Designated Authority is the office
  of the
• Commissioner of Police

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ISPS Code Steering Committee

• Grenada formed the ISPS Code Steering Committee
  to guide the implementation of ISPS and conduct
  oversight
• Membership
• National Security
• Royal Grenada Police Force
• Customs Department
• Grenada Ports Authority
• PFSO

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National PFSO
The National PFSO is the PFSO for all state
owned facilities and is a member of the RGPF He
is also responsible for the monitoring of the
compliance of the private facilities and reports
to the DA
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National PFSO Cont.

• In the case of state owned terminals the National
  PFSO has personnel who are PFSO trained and are
  responsible for day-to-day operations at each
  terminal.

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Private PFSOs

• The Private Terminals Chevron, Sol and Grenlec
  each have PFSOs who are responsible for security
  at those terminals.

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ISPS Task Force

• The ISPS Task Force are responsible to the ISPS
  Code Steering Committee for implication of the
  ISPS Code in state owned terminals
• Membership
• PFSO
• RGPF
• GPA
• Customs

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Grenada Coast Guard

• The Grenada Coast Guard are a unit under the
  Royal Grenada Police Force.
• The unit is responsible for marine security,
  search and rescue in Grenada.
• The Grenada Coast Guard conduct waterside patrols
  as required by plan.

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Port Police

• The Port Police are a unit under the Royal
  Grenada Police Force.
• The unit is responsible for security at state
  owned ports.

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Legislation

• Shipping (Ship and Port Facilities Security )
  Regulations were approved under THE SHIPPING ACT,
  1994 to implement ISPS.

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Implementation Process for Private Terminals

• 1 The PFSOs in the private terminals were
  responsible for Assessments and Plans
• 2 The Plans were submitted to the DA
• 3 The National PFSO then worked with private
  PFSOs to implement required improvements.
• 4 DA approved plan and certified terminal
• 5 Short term certificates issued pending
  improvements

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Implementation Process for State Owned Terminals

• 1 The National PFSO is responsible for
  Assessments and Plans
• 2 The Plans are submitted to the DA
• 3 The National PFSO then worked with the ISPS
  Code Steering Committee and ISPS Task Force to
  implement improvements required by DA.
• 4 DA approved plan and certified terminal.

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Principal Goals

• Passing Security Regulations into national law
• Improved security at all terminals
• ISPS certification of all terminals
• Increased security awareness of all stakeholders

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Challenges

• Users and staff acceptance of security changes
• Legislation
• Lack of regional and international standards
• Funding and resources
• Familiarity of persons due to small country

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Improvements Since ISPS

• Training staff and users
• Greater awareness of port security
• Additional security equipment
• Improved infrastructure
• Legislation New regulations under Shipping
  Act

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Training Staff and Users

• ISPS familiarization training was provided to
  all regular users 625
• ISPS familiarization training was provided to all
  non-security staff 350
• ISPS familiarization and port security training
  was provided to Port Police
• Several persons in the RGPF and GPA also received
  PFSO training.

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Security Equipment

• The security equipment was improved with the
  addition of -
• - hand baggage x-ray
• - Metal detectors
• - Narcotics and explosive detectors
• - Etc.

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Improved Infrastructure

• Fencing

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Improved Infrastructure Cont.

• Lighting

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Improved Infrastructure Cont.

• Access Control

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Improved Infrastructure Cont.

• CCTV

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Areas to Be Improved

• Documentation
• Drill and Exercises
• Access control
• Signage
• Waterside monitoring

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Questions
Thank you.